2013 Taurus new engine

Ok so based on the reviews of the Explorer with the 2.0 ecoboost, I dont think the 13' Taurus is going to do too well with this engine. As I recall ( I may be wrong) but isnt the Explorer based on the Taurus? What do you guys think? Will the 13' Taurus do well with that 2.0 ecoboost as the main engine?

Ya know this drive me nuts. i know ford lovers will as usual bash me for this. but you cannot have a turbo 4banger powering a over 2 ton vehicle. and a turbo 6 hauling a 3ton truck. it wont last. Theres a reason why V8s tend to last longer. They should be focusing on howing to make bigger more fuel effecient V8s... I remember my dad telling me his rampage would get over 30mpgs on the highway back in the day
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Even a completely loaded V-6 Taurus is like 4100lbs, so I wouldn't doubt if an average Ecoboost would be around 4,000. That's something like 700+lbs less than an Explorer. I think it will be just fine. If it's ok in the Edge that weight hundreds more than that, it should be able to motivate the Taurus.
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Oh look another thread on the 2.0L EcoBoost combined with another thread about how EcoBoost sucks and/or won't last.

How shocking.

Why doesn't someone create a thread on how the engine isn't good enough in the $45,000 - $60,000 Range Rover Evoque too?

No one will know how the new Taurus EcoBoost will do until it comes out and is tested. No one will know how reliable the engine truly is until about 10 years from now. Until then...it's all speculation on both ends.
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LJ909:Ok so based on the reviews of the Explorer with the 2.0 ecoboost, I dont think the 13' Taurus is going to do too well with this engine. As I recall ( I may be wrong) but isnt the Explorer based on the Taurus? What do you guys think? Will the 13' Taurus do well with that 2.0 ecoboost as the main engine?

Huge difference in weight between the two. At least 5 to 7 hundred lbs. Not a real comparison.
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impalastreetracer17:Ya know this drive me nuts. i know ford lovers will as usual bash me for this. but you cannot have a turbo 4banger powering a over 2 ton vehicle. and a turbo 6 hauling a 3ton truck. it wont last. Theres a reason why V8s tend to last longer. They should be focusing on howing to make bigger more fuel effecient V8s... I remember my dad telling me his rampage would get over 30mpgs on the highway back in the day

Well of course a Rampage would get 30 MPGs. It had a 4-cylinder and was a unibody, making it very light. It was technically a ute.

And a turbo-six is fine for the F-150. The Ecoboost is the most amazing state of the art engine ever put in a half-ton pickup. It gives you the torque of a big V8 with the fuel economy of a small V8. That's pretty revolutionary.

cp_09malibuV6:The ecoboost 2013 Taurus should be a great car. If it returns over 20/30 mpg and manages a 7.5 second 0-60 mph at an affordable price, it'll be a hit. I love the updated design too.

It needs to do better than 30 MPG highway. The 300 gets 31 MPG highway with the 3.6 Pentastar and 8-speed transmission.

The Taurus would have an advantage in the city. But the 300 does have its appeal. It's more imposing, large, and has RWD. Those are three things Americans love. Why do you think we have half-tons in suburbs?

impalastreetracer17:Ya know this drive me nuts. i know ford lovers will as usual bash me for this. but you cannot have a turbo 4banger powering a over 2 ton vehicle. and a turbo 6 hauling a 3ton truck. it wont last. Theres a reason why V8s tend to last longer. They should be focusing on howing to make bigger more fuel effecient V8s... I remember my dad telling me his rampage would get over 30mpgs on the highway back in the day

So by the same logic the heavy Cruze being powered by a tiny 4cyl won't last either. Am I right?

The Taurus Ecoboost should be under 2 tons which is about where the Edge is. If I am not mistaken doesn't the Regal weigh almost 2 tons? It also has a 2.0 turbo gas engine so that must suck also. It would be embarrassing if the Taurus Ecoboost 4cyl is just as quick as the GS. We already know it blows it away on fuel economy.
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I think the 2.0 EB will be ok in the new Taurus but I don't think Americans are likely to pay a premium over the 3.5 base engine. If they're the same price there will probably be some takers who want better fuel economy. For the same reason I don't see the 2.0 EB lasting long as an option in the Explorer. What they really need to do with the Taurus is set the SHO model up with an AWD system that defaults to RWD under normal driving conditions.
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cp_09malibuV6:The ecoboost 2013 Taurus should be a great car. If it returns over 20/30 mpg and manages a 7.5 second 0-60 mph at an affordable price, it'll be a hit. I love the updated design too.

Ortadragoon:It needs to do better than 30 MPG highway. The 300 gets 31 MPG highway with the 3.6 Pentastar and 8-speed transmission.

The Taurus would have an advantage in the city. But the 300 does have its appeal. It's more imposing, large, and has RWD. Those are three things Americans love. Why do you think we have half-tons in suburbs?

This!

At this time the new 300 has set the bar for the full size at 31 mpg, if the Taurus could only manage 30 with a 4 banger that would be a fail... Another advantage for the 300 is performance because I feel there would be no match between these two cars. I know this is going to get a lot of flack but another one is the Impala now that it's got the 3.6L/6-speed... 30 mpg and it will scoooooot!

Before I get called a fanboy I'll go ahead and put it out that this is where the Regal failed... Would have been much better with the LFX 3.6L
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Ok, I'm a big Ford fan and highly believe they have some very well made competitive products out and coming out soon.

When it comes to putting turbo 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder engines in their cars, I usually take a look at their past cars by taking that into consideration until we have more data on how well the current engines are quality wise.

So going off of the past engines Ford produced, example: anyone remember the 87/88 Thunderbird SC with the turbo 4 cylinder, anyone see any of those cars nowadays, I had heard that yes it was nice, but it was a joke at perfomance and longevity. Ford did this also in their Mustang SVO (I think) and put a base 4 cylinder engine in the Ranger pickups. From what I have seen only the Ranger has successfully used a low powered high weight car.
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A best of both worlds situation would be if Ford were to couple an 8-speed to the new EcoBoost motors. That alone should make the Explorer and Taurus quicker and more fuel efficient.
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